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Value
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Layout
4.0
Friendliness
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Pace
3.6
Amenities
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Style Links
Par 72
Length 6843 yards
Slope 129
Rating 72.7

Willows Run Golf Club has something for every golfer with two 18-hole links courses, a nine-hole, par-3 course, and a "themed" putting course that draws inspiration from courses in four different climate zones. Located in the Sammamish River Valley, there are stunning views of Mount Rainier to the south. Eagle's Talon is one of the 18-hole, championship courses. With four sets of tees, the golf course appeals to a wide range of skill levels. The links-style course is challenging but fair, with strategically placed bunkers and rough. Water also has a prominent presence, with the Sammamish River running alongside the two championship courses. The river is home to several runs of salmon and trout and it also attracts a variety of birds including ducks and blue herons.

Course Details

Year Built 1994
Golf Season Year round
Architect Ted Locke (1994)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - $15
Clubs Yes
Pull-carts Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School Academy Yes
Golf Simulator Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Indoor Practice Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse

Reviews

3.7
139 Reviews (139)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 8
Dinner 6
Patio Dining 6
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 12
Thick Rough 9
Bunkers 8
This course/club is great for:
Walkers 12
Locals 9
Playing Multiple Courses 8
This Course's Location is:
In the 'Burbs 8
Convenient to the City 6
Worth the Drive 6

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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Beautiful day, not the best condition for the course.

It was a beautiful day for April in the northwest. Decided to play a round with my friend so I booked a round at Willows Run. Must not have seen a posting for the course conditions, there were terrible. Greens were recently sanded, you would expect that a notice of that would be somewhere in the booking, and not rolled out so putting was impossible at best and ultimately frustrating. Auto two putts??

Then there is the rough. 4" cut is expected at the US Open but really here? Didn't lose any balls there but found many. Guess I should consider myself lucky compared to others!

I can recommend the 19th hole! We had a great time on the deck enjoying a beer and wings!

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Cold, wet and fun!

The course was in decent shape after all the rain today.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays Twice a year
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Winter rate

Was in good shape and what A deal on golf now, greens were ok for December

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

inconvenience fee

payed $10 to golf now for a " convenience " fee only to find it would have been cheaper to book direct with the course itself. which I will do in future

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 19
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Always a fun challenge

Coyote Creek is always a pleasure to play, a good course to work on revising your game. Eagles Talon is always a big of a challenge, but always fun to play. Love the condition of the greens (and this is late October play), so what a pleasure that the course was in such great condition!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Terrific day on the course

Enjoyed the round! Course in good shape and pace of play was awesome!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Not a gem anymore

Of the two courses at Willows Run we played Eagles Talon. The course is a complete hazard with unmarked deep unsuspecting holes in the fairway, the tee boxes are the most beat up tee boxes I've ever played on and the greens are shaggy and in need a good mow. Twenty years ago this course played host to celebrity golf tournaments, well this definitely isn't the Willows Run golf course I remember.

Truly remarkable there are people willing to pay $40/$50 to play a round here. It's not worth $20 in my opinion.

Plenty of other courses to choose from in the area, this course is dead last in my book.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Needs a new greens keeper

when you play a golf course in August you don't expect the greens to be so soft and Squishy that it leaves footprints for hours...worst greens I have ever played on...someone should be embarrassed at how they do their job...I've never reviewed a course, but I've also never been so disappointed with a course...just my opinion

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Eagle Talon at Willows Run

It's a fun, challenging course, but parts of the greens were horrible. It's overpriced at $60. I would recommend playing their Coyote Creek course for $42. Same type of track, but cheaper.

The facility is nice. It has a range and nice chipping area.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Surprisingly quick round

I often Golf this course in the early afternoon. This was one of the quicker Rounds I have golfed there in quite some time. The course was in decent shape but my putting was not.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Willows Run, Eagles Talon

All in all a great course. On good shape considering the amount of traffic it sees on a daily basis. The greens were soft and rolled on the fast side. Bunkers were in good shape, at least the one I played out of was. I'd be there again today if I didn't have to work.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Worth playing

I've played this course a few times, but this was by far the fastest it has ever played, possibly due to it being US Open week. Greens were perfect, probably rolling about 11-12. With the Hot Deal rate, it was BY FAR worth the rate, because I think in general this course is slightly overpriced.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 18
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Walked

A lovely round

I played in a foursome. Being it was a Saturday I expected slow play. But though the weather was good and lots of golfers were on the course I never had to wait. Not once. We had a really nice time.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

A good challenge

This course is not for beginners. Tight fairways and crazy fast greens (I'd hate to play these greens in August). Whomever placed the pins this day needs to be evaluated for mental illness, impossible placements considering the speed of the greens.

But if you're an intermediate player or want a good challenge, Willow's run is a good course. I'll play it again, but only after it's rained :-)

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 05/06/2015

I played the same day and didn't find the greens fast at all. They were about average for willows. Definitely not as fast as last summer. Maybe they changed speed through out the day with play and growth. They don't seem to be in summer mode yet, maintenance wise.

Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Nice Greens

Greens are in great shape but the course itself was only in fair condition. Pace was slow but it was on a very sunny weekend day which made the course crowded.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Walked

Glorious Day for Golf

74 degrees in March was a bit unexpected. But so was the very wet condition of the course. I really enjoy Willows. Eagles Talon and Coyote Creek are both good tracks to play on. Wasn't expecting to play plop golf. No roll on the fairway at all. Lots of standing water. And guess it was too wet to mow the rough which was high. Didn't realize the course doesn't drain that well.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Just too darn slow

Truly, this round took way too long. They want to push tees out every 8 minutes. Which is just unrealistic. We had to wIt 35 minutes past our tee time because of slow play. 1 Marshall to govern both coyote and Eagles simultaneously. Plus $45 is only dictated by the city it's in. Not at all worth it. Go elsewhere

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 26
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

A Great Day At Willows

The weather was unbelievably nice, sunny and warm. The course was a little soggy and the greens were slower than normal... which wasn't a bad thing. We did regret riding since it was Cart Path Only (as it should have been). We walked as much as if we'd been walking. My ball didn't like to land near the cart path.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 7
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Walked

bwork44

Thanks for the covered greens
It allowed us to play without a frost delay

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 24
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Walked

Playable in the winter

We played on a sunny day between two extended periods of rains. The fairways were soft but playable. Greens were in good condition, since they cover the green at night to protect it from frost. We played from the tips so it's somewhat challenging, since there's absolutely no roll when the ball hit the ground.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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